The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is offering the following academic scholarships to support aspiring leaders for the African continent.
The School of Oriental and African studies (SOAS) is launching a new initiative, supported by the Foundation, to enable Africans to improve the quality of governance in their countries. The Governance for Development in Africa Initiative aims to build the skills of bright young Africans with a number of strands; Leadership Development fellowships, residential schools on governance in Africa, a lecture series, and PhD scholarships.
Each year three fellows, rising stars in their fields, will spend eight to ten weeks in London, hosted by the SOAS Centre of African Studies. SOAS will make extensive academic resources available and set up specialised lectures and meetings so that the fellows can produce a strategy paper for their sector. SOAS will also commission a series of Mo Ibrahim Foundation Lectures on Governance every year which will be made available in Africa.
SOAS will organise annual residential schools on governance themes, in different African countries for twenty people from across the continent. The schools will expose participants, from universities, civil society, government, trade unions and the private sector, to the latest debates on governance.
The Foundation will also support a competition for African students to apply for research grants towards a PhD on governance-related issues, supervised both at SOAS and the student’s home university in Africa.
For further information on any of these programmes please contact Angelica Baschiera ab17@soas.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7898 4370
Together for Sudan
Sudan faces some of the most complex development challenges on the continent and
leaders at all levels. Women, in particular, are often excluded from opportunities to
development. The Foundation is providing substantial support for Together for Sudan
students in all faculties in Sudanese universities, with a particular emphasis on business
additional forty women will be supported to attend university in Northern Sudan.
For further information please contact norman@swanney.net
Talented individuals from sub-Saharan African can acquire the management and leadership skills essential for individual, corporate and national success. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation scholarship for sub-Saharan Africa aims to help produce exceptional leaders for the continent by supporting outstanding students on the full-time MBA programme at London Business School. Each year one scholarship, providing full payment of fees and a living allowance, will be awarded to an exceptional MBA candidate from sub-Saharan Africa with financial need.
For further information please contact mbainfo@london.edu, +44 (0)20 7000 7000
The ancient cultures of Africa have much to teach us about the historical traditions of good governance and
democracy on the continent. The Foundation will provide two graduate fellowships and two full undergraduate
scholarships to students of Nubian origin, with a working knowledge of the Nubian language, who are keen to
support the enrichment and preservation of Nubian culture and heritage. Exceptional students from Egypt or
Sudan with financial need should apply.
For further information please contact enrolauc@aucegypt.edu, +202 797 5011/2
The above represent the full extent of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s current academic support. We encourage candidates from sub-Saharan Africa who meet the different criteria for each programme to apply by contacting the addresses listed. Please do not contact us with additional requests for academic support as we will be unable to respond.